WHITE MOUNTAIN​Norton Sound

Population: 195Church: White Mountain Covenant ChurchBrief Community Description and History: White Mountain is located on the west bank of the Fish River, near the head of Golovin Lagoon, on the Seward Peninsula. It is 63 miles east of Nome. The Inupiat fish camp of ‘Nutchirviq’ was located here. White Mountain grew after the influx of prospectors during the gold rush of 1900. White Mountain was the site of a government-subsidized orphanage, which became an industrial school in 1926. A post office was opened in 1932. The city government was incorporated in 1969. White Mountain is a Kaweak Eskimo village, with influences from the gold rush. (Kawerak.org)